* Specific birding locales subject to adjustment based on guide recommendations and local conditions.
Tandayapa Valley
Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary
Milpe Bird Sanctuary
Mindo - Rufugio Angel Paz
Bellavista Cloud Forest
Papallacta Pass
Cayambe-Coca Reserve
Guango Reserve
San Isidro
Loreto Road
Wild Sumaco
Nov 13-26, 2011
(14 days, 13 nights)
Price $TBA
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Sun
Nov 13 |
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: None |
Evening get-together for orientation and meeting other participants. |
Mon
Nov 14 |
Tandayapa Reserve
Tandayapa Bird Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Tandayapa Bird Lodge, arriving before lunch. En route bird Old Nono-Mindo Road, looking particularly for specialty birds such as Black-tailed Trainbearer and Ocellated Tapaculo. Mid-day view hummingbirds at feeders around veranda of lodge. Afternoon birding trails around lodge. |
Tues
Nov 15 |
Tandayapa Valley
Mirador Rio Blanco
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding trails at lodge, looking especially for Beautiful Jay. After early lunch depart for Oilbird site off side road from Nanegalito. From there transfer to Los Bancos. |
Wed
Nov 16 |
Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary
Mirador Rio Blanco
Included Meals: BLD |
All morning and possibly early afternoon birding Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary. Remainder of day viewing hummingbirds at feeders around lodge and birding trail along ridge behind lodge. |
Thurs
Nov 17 |
Milpe Bird Sanctuary
Bellavista Reserve
Bellavista Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All morning birding Milpe Bird Sanctuary. After early lunch transfer to Bellavista. Afternoon birding in Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve. |
Fri
Nov 18 |
Cock-of-the-Rock Lek
Refugio Paz
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Very early visit to Andean Cock-of-the-Rock lek at Refugio Paz. View antpittas lured from forest by Angel Paz. Look for Dark-backed Quail-Dove, Golden-headed Quetzal, and Toucan Barbet on forest trails. Mid-day at Bellavista. Late afternoon transfer to Quito. |
Sat
Nov 19 |
Tumbaco Valley
Papallacta Pass
Cayambe-Coca Reserve
Guango Reserve
Guango Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for eastern Andes. Possible stop in Tumbaco Valley to look for Scrub Tanager. Bird altitudinal transect up Papallacta Pass. Stop in Cayambe-Coca Reserve above pass to look for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Condor, and other high elevation specialties. Arrive Guango Lodge in late afternoon. View hummingbirds at feeders outside dining room. |
Sun
Nov 20 |
Guango Reserve
San Isidro Reserve
Cabanas San Isidro
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning birding in private reserve around lodge. After lunch departure for San Isidro. Late afternoon birding in San Isidro private reserve. Optional excursion in early evening to look for Lyre-tailed Nightjar. |
Mon
Nov 21 |
San Isidro Reserve
Cabanas San Isidro
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning view antpittas at San Isidro. Remainder of day birding in private reserve at San Isidro. |
Tues
Nov 22 |
Loreto Road
Wild Sumaco Reserve
Wild Sumaco Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Loreto Road. All morning birding Loreto Road, arriving at Wild Sumaco Lodge for lunch. Afternoon birding trails in Wild Sumaco Reserve. Possible night excursion to look for Swallow-tailed Nightjar |
Wed
Nov 23 |
Wild Sumaco Reserve
Wild Sumaco Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All day birding trails in subtropical forest of Wild Sumaco Reserve. |
Thurs
Nov 24 |
Wild Sumaco Reserve
Bermejo River Road
Termes de Papallacta
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning bird in Wild Sumaco Reserve. After lunch depart for Papallacta, birding Bermejo River Road near Santa Lucia en route. Arrive late afternoon in time to enjoy the hot springs at Termes de Papallacta. |
Fri
Nov 25 |
Papallacta Water Plant Road
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning bird private Papallacta Water Plant Road adjacent to lodge for high elevation specialties. After lunch depart for Quito, birding road through Papallacta Pass en route for any birds missed earlier. Arrive Quito late afternoon. |
Sat
Nov 26 |
Quito
Included Meals: B |
Early breakfast at hotel. End of tour. International flights home. |
